The Vietnamese government announced on November 3 that all approximately 200 partner factories that produce shoes for Nike, the major American sports brand, have resumed operations. Reuters reported that the Vietnamese government is striving to get the manufacturing industry back on track after the COVID-19 epidemic.
In mid-July this year, when the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam was at its peak, due to the iron fist of the authorities to prevent the epidemic, Nearly 80% of Nike’s OEM shoe factories in Vietnam were forced to suspend operations, and half of the apparel OEM factories also suspended production.
About half of Nike’s footwear products are made in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City Bao Yuan Company, 38,000 workers returned to work
November 2 , Vietnam Pouyuen Company located in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City stated that currently, 70% of the company’s 38,000 workers have returned to work. All workers were tested for COVID-19 and came back negative.
Coo Fat Yip, chairman of Vietnam’s Bao Yuan Labor Union, said that workers have all received at least one dose of vaccine and the company will continue to vaccinate workers. In order to ensure safety, the company will conduct rapid antigen tests on workers at high risk of infection every Tuesday. If there are positive cases, they will be isolated in the company’s temporary isolation area. Close contacts of the patient (F1) will be quarantined at home for 14 days, and the company will disinfect areas where confirmed cases occur.
Chu Fa Yip said that the Ho Chi Minh City Health Bureau has inspected the company’s epidemic prevention and control work and required the company to carry out regular implementation ” “Five-piece epidemic prevention package” work to prevent the epidemic from breaking out and proactively build isolation areas for COVID-19 patients. Workers should be tested for COVID-19, and when COVID-19 patients are found, they must report immediately so that timely treatment measures can be taken.
Previously, in order to welcome workers back to work, Vietnam Bao Yuan Company has conducted rapid antigen tests on nearly 40,000 people and found 147 patients.
Vietnam has relaxed epidemic prevention policies, but still faces the problem of labor shortages
Vietnam in the middle of this year In the past, the epidemic was well controlled, and at that time it was one of the most successful countries in the world in preventing the new coronavirus, and the manufacturing industry was not greatly affected.
However, after May, the epidemic began to appear in the economic center of Ho Chi Minh City in the south, and later spread to various surrounding provinces with concentrated manufacturing industries. The Vietnamese government’s anti-epidemic measures have put pressure on foreign companies operating across borders. They have warned that if they can no longer resume work, they must move their production lines out of Vietnam.
The Vietnamese government relaxed epidemic prevention controls a month ago, but then faced a shortage of workers, which prevented the garment and shoemaking industries from recovering smoothly at the first opportunity. The authorities are now giving priority to vaccinating people working in industrial parks, hoping to help promote the early recovery of production activities. Vietnam’s shoe and garment industry employs up to 3 million people.
After Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Zheng met with Nike CEO Noel Kinder on the sidelines of the United Nations COP 26 climate summit, the government issued a press release stating that Nike will continue to expand its presence in Vietnam. production and investment. </p
